Republic of Korea: Signed Bill amending Personal Information Protection Act including cross-border data transfer requirements
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Signed Bill amending Personal Information Protection Act including cross-border data transfer requirements
On 14 March 2023, Bill No. 2120089, amending the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), was signed into Law by the President of the Republic of Korea (ROK), becoming Law No. 19234. The Law outlines conditions for data transfers. In particular, …
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2022-12-05
under deliberation
2023-02-27
adopted
2023-03-14
adopted